Watch box



Aug. 26, 1930. FUER I 1,774,430

WATCH- BOX Filed Aug. 1928 INVENTOR e0 liar ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 26, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LEO FLIER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE UNIVERSAL JEWELRY CASE COM- PANY, A COPARTNERSHIP COMPOSEI) OF LEO FLIER AND JOSHUA ZELMAN, BOTH OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK WATCH BOX Application filed August 2,

This invention relates to containers for articles of jewelry, and has particular reference to a box for displaying and packaging wrist watches.

The invention primarily contemplates a display watch box which is designed as an all purpose wrist watch box for displaying and packaging ladies or gentlemens wrist watches irrespective of whether they are provided with flexible bracelets, ribbons, straps or other types of wrist encircling elements.

More specifically, the invention comprehends in a box for displaying and packaging various types of wrist watches, a panel upon one face of which the watch is placed in substantially flat contact and around which the wrist encircling element is arranged, to gether with a. box body having a depression for accommodating the wrist encircling elen'ient of the watch when the same mounted on the panel. is laid in flat contact with the upper surface of the box body.

As a further object, the invention embodies in a. box of the character set forth a slotted portion in the upper wall of the box body for the reception of an end of the panel whereby the same may be disposed in an angular display position.

Other objects reside in the simplicity of construction and mode of use of the box, the economy with which it may be produced and the general efficiency derived therefrom.

With the above recited and other objects in view, reference is had to the following description and accompai'iying drawings, in which there is exhibited one example or embodimcnt of the invention, while the claims define the actual scope of the same.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the box opened with the watch supporting panel in display position.

Figure 2 is a sectional view therethrough taken approximately on the line indicated at 2-2 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a similar view with the watch supporting panel disposed in fiat contact and with the box cover closed.

Figure 4 is a plan view with the cover open and in section and with the portions of 1928. Serial No. 296,986.

the box body broken away to disclose the underlying structure.

Referring to thedrawings by characters of reference, the box body includes a base or bottom wall 5 and a top wall 6 which is vertically spaced therefrom and supported by marginal walls 7. The top wall is provided with a rectangular substantially central cutout portion 8. A substantially box shaped member 9 equal in length to and of lesser width than the cutout portion 8 and open at its upper end is arranged within the body with the end marginal walls in contact with the end edges of the cutout portion 8 and with one side marginal wall 11 in contact with one side edge of the cutout portion 8 to provide a depression 12 extending downwardly from the upper wall of the box body and to define a slot 18 between the remaining side marginal wall 14k of the member 9 and the remaining side edge of the cutout portion 8. Preferably, a filler element 15 is arranged on the upper surface of the bottom wall 5 between the marginal wall 7 of the box body and the side marginal wall 14 of the member 9. A panel 16, preferably covered with plush 17, is designed for the purpose of supporting the wrist watch which includes the case A and the wrist encircling element B. The box body may be provided with a suitable cover 18 adapted to telescope the box body and preferably hingedly connected'thereto at 19.

In use, the case A of the watch is arranged in substantially fiat contact with one surface in the panel 16 while the wrist encircling element is trained around the panel to properly associate the wrist watch therewith. To display the watch, the lower end of the panel 17 is inserted through the slot 13 in such a manner as to dispose the panel in a rearwardly and upwardly inclined position, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. Certain types of watches, such as small ladies wrist watches having ribbons or flexible bracelets, may remain on the panel when in display position while the cover is closed. In other types of watches, such as mens wrist watches with heavy straps, the cover cannot be closed while the panel is in display position. In this type EESSlOil l2 allordiiie" K d packaging )011 one 11100 of which around which the arranged, u box Wrist not the Watch 1 b dy hating dep :ssion to ciichng' clein mount on L upper m Wall of i tion in the upper We which the en l of the pane disposing the same in an a sition.

2. In a box for displaying and packaging Wrist Watches mounted on a display panel around W iich the u t Watch enenrcling element is arranged. a l body having; 2- slotted upper wall in I end holdn'ig the panel in an angular displu position and having; a depression for receiving; the Wrist encircling clement when the panel is arranged in flat contact therewith, whereby a cover may e tittee thereover without materially increasing the overall depth of the box.

8. In ztbor; for packaging and displaying Wrist Watches, the combination with a dis play panel around which the Wrist encircling -h is arranged, of 21 box element of the wait p body having an upper Wall ioi'nied with e cutout portion, be shaped member equal in length to the lenq'th ot the cutout portion 1nd lesser Width than the 8211116 and open at its upp Within the box body wltl the end marginal '\T{ lls in con- Ji i 4. M l I} i. .1! 4L L 12Gb Wltll we end QtifQf: Oi the cutout POI tion and with one side inul'uninl Wall 111 contact with one side edge oi t] e cutout portion to 1 pro ide a depression wi hin the member extendingdownwardly from the upper Wall of the box body, said member, together with the utout portion, defining slot and for the nirpose specified.

i box "for displaying and packaging Wrist Watches comprising a body having a "ele acopically associated cover, Maid body in luc 111g :1 top Well, a bottom wall and dependi noiginul Walls.v the top wall having a rectn and means subdividicull ingi I tunnular cutout port '1 ing the box body Tort y t define in inent with the cutout portion and communicating therewith z. depres- July, A. D. 1928.

LEO FLIER. 

